Gideon

Chapter 121

07-20-14

THE SIXTH SEAL/RAPTURE/FIRST RESURECTION ARE ONE

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THE PAST:

ENOCH WAS "TRANSLATED" ALIVE

(Gen 5:21-24) AndEnoch[Heb:
initiated /// to narrow, fig. to initiate or discipline: - dedicate, train up] lived
sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah [the oldest patriarch at 969
years]: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:And all the days of Enoch
were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and
he was not [Heb: he was nothing, did not exist]; for God took
him.

(Heb 11:5) By faith Enoch wastranslated[Gk: transferred, transported, changed sides]that he should
not see death; and was not found, because God had translated
him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that
he pleased God.

GIDEON’S 300 COMBAT SOLDIERS WERE "RETAINED" ALIVE

(Judg 7:6-8) And the number of them that lapped,putting
their hand to their mouth[thereby being "vigilant" (1 Pet 5:8)
by keeping their eyes on the enemy],were three hundred men:
but all the rest of the people[the 9,700]bowed down upon their
knees to drink water[and put their face toward the water].And
the LORD said untoGideon [Heb: feller (warrior) /// to fell a
tree, cut asunder],By the three hundred men that lapped will I
save you, and deliverthe Midianites[Heb: brawling,
contentious /// discord, strife]into thine hand: and let all the other
people go every man unto his place["his tent" v.8]. So
the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the
rest of Israel[the support soldiers]every man unto his tent,and retained those three hundred men [the combat soldiers]:andthe host of Midianwas beneath him[i.e.,
beneath Gideon (a type of Jesus Christ) and the combat soldiers]in the
valley.

retained = Heb: to fasten upon, to seize, to
catch (up): take (hold).

(1Th 4:16,17) For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first[be
resurrected; this is a description of the sixth seal sealing/rapture/first
resurrection]: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught
up [Gk: seized][raptured]together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:

ELIJAH "WENT UP" ALIVE

(2Ki 2:11,12) And it came to pass, as they [Elijah
and Elisha] still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a
chariot[Heb: chariot, the upper millstone]of fire, and
horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind [symbol of the Holy Spirit] into heaven. And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof.

Commentary: The function of the upper millstone
being Israel is received, but who are those horse-men? Perhaps they are
those horse-men of fire in Joel 2:1-11? Perhaps they are us?

THE PRESENT:

JESUS "BRINGETH THEM UP" ALIVE

(Mat 17:1-3) And after six days Jesus takethPeter,
James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high
mountain apart, And was transfigured[Gk: transformed]before
them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as
the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses[representing
the dead in Christ] and Elijah[representing those which
are alive and remain in Christ]talking with him.

THE FUTURE:

THE SIXTH SEAL IS

THE SEALING/RAPTURE/RESURRECTION OF THE COMBAT SOLDIERS…

(Rev 7:1-8) And after these things[after the
proclamation of Rev 6:12-17, but still during the sixth seal] I saw four
angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of
the earth [four aspects of the Holy Spirit], that the wind shouldnot blowon the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I
saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it
was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the
earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till [Gk: until] we
have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the
number of them which were sealed: and there were sealedan
hundred and forty and four thousand[144,000] of all the
tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed
twelve thousand [74,600]. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed
twelve thousand [46,500]. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve
thousand [45,650]. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve
thousand [41,500]. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve
thousand [53,400]. Of the tribe of Manasseh weresealed
twelve thousand [32,200]. Of the tribe of Simeon weresealed
twelve thousand [59,300]. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve
thousand [Levi was not initially numbered but taken (dedicated) for
service to the tabernacle (i.e., for service to the Lord Jesus Christ)]. Of
the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand [54,400]. Of the
tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand [57,400]. Of the
tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand [40,500]. Of the tribe
of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand [35,400].

(Rev 12:5) And she[the church universal: Rev
12:1]brought fortha man child, who wasto
rule all nationswith a rod of iron[Rev 2:27; 19:15]:and her child was caught up[Gk: seized] unto God,
and to his throne. [Rev 12:5 is the overview of the details of Rev
7:1-8]

Commentary: The first numbering (1490 B.C.) of the
children of Israel was of every male, "From twenty years old and
upward, all that are able to go forth to war." (Num 1:3). These were
their numbers includingthe tribe of Dan which was then
numbered 62,700, but herein the tribe of Dan has been omitted
and replaced by the tribe of Manasseh. Why?

Commentary: (Gen 49:17) Dan shall be a
serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels,so that his rider shall fall backward.

Commentary: "fall backward" = In
Genesis 49 (1689 B.C.), their dying father Jacob prophesied over
each of his twelve sons (the twelve tribes). However, the tribe of Danis excluded in this present and last prophecy of the
sealing of the combat soldiers. Let the following 12 verses serve as a
dire warning to all those who would encourage and/or practice the
"falling backward" deceit: Gen 49:17; 1 Sam 4:18;
Psa 40:14; 70:2; Isa 1:4; 28:13; 44:25; 59:14; Jer 7:24; 15:6; Lam
1:8; John 18:6. However, the tribe of Dan may be included in
the next and lesser grouping (in terms of responsibility and authority) ofsupport soldiers (Rev 7:9-17), or Dan may not be included at
all.

…AND THE SUPPORT SOLDIERS

(Rev 7:9,10) After this[after the sealing
of the combat soldiers] I beheld, and, lo,a great multitude
[this division into two groups parallels Gideon’s division of 300 combat
soldiers and 9,700 support soldiers], which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb. [see Rev 7:9-17 for complete
details]

(Gen 32:10) I [Jacob] am not worthy of the least
of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy
servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am
become two bands[Heb: two armies].

(Rev 12:6) And the woman[the church: Rev
12:1]fled into the wilderness,where she hath a
place prepared of God, that they shouldfeed her there[she (they) lack acceptable nourishment and need to be fed the Word of
God]a thousand two hundred and threescore days[3 ½ years].

SUMMATION: OF THE SIXTH SEAL/RAPTURE/RESURRECTION OF ALL
THE SOLDIER SAINTS SO FAR, "EVEN TO THE YEARS OF MANY GENERATIONS"
(Joel 2:2), i.e., THE MILLENNIUM

(Rev 20:1-6) And I sawan angel come down from
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit [Gk: abyss] and a
great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that
old serpent, which is the Devil, andSatan, and
bound him [with "a great chain"]a thousand years
[bound Satan for the 1,000 years duration of the Millennium], And cast
him into the bottomless pit,and shut him up, and set a seal
upon him,that he should deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand yearsshould be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed
a little season[at the advent of the Seventh Seal]. And I saw thrones,
and they sat upon them [Saints], and judgment was given unto
them ["Know ye not that we shall judge angels?" 1 Cor 6:3,
i.e., Satan and his fallen angel minions]: and I saw the souls of them that
werebeheaded[a favorite act of those who worship a moon
god] for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had
not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived
and reigned with Christ a thousand years[the Millennium].
But the rest of the deadlived not again[i.e.,
were not then resurrected] until the thousand years were finished.
This is the first resurrection[i.e., the rapture: 1 Thes
4:13-18; the sixth seal]. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in
the first resurrection: on such the second death[at the
conclusion of the sixth seal and beginning of the seventh seal]hath no
power,but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign[Gk: rule: king (s)][as "kings and priests" Rev
1:6; 5:10] with him a thousand years[from the conclusion
of the fifth seal/beginning of the sixth seal to the conclusion of the sixth
seal/beginning of the seventh seal (i.e., the wrath of God)].